"This exhibition is not a promise to actively engage with nor reflect upon the socio-political and cultural realities of a region, but to use the aesthetic as a potentially pivotal tool in realigning how social and political orders understand the role and importance of culture in discussions about globalisation, modernism, civic society, open debate, political change, freedom of expression, justice and equality, and the overarching need for institutional infrastructures to support culture as an expression of communities throughout the region."

Anthony Downey & Lina Lazaar